plz explain the chapter nationalism in india
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Explanation:
The growth of modern nationalism is intimately connected to anti-colonial movement.
The congress under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi tried to forge groups together within one movement. However, the unity did not emerge without conflict.
First World War, Khilafat and Non-Cooperation
National Movement was spreading in New areas in 1919 and incorporating new social groups and developing new modes of struggle.
Mahatma Gandhi came to India and The Idea of Satyagraha emphasised the power of truth and the need to search for truth.
He advocated that physical force was not necessary to fight the oppressor.
In 1916, He travelled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system.
The Idea of Satyagraha
Mahatma Gandhi returned to India in January, 1915. His heroic fight for the Indians in South Africa was well-known. His novel method of mass agitation known as Satyagraha had yielded good results.
The idea of Satyagraha emphasized the power of truth and the need to search for truth.
In 1916, Gandhi travelled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system.
In 1917,crops field in Kheda district of Gujrat, but the government refused to remit land revenue and insisted on its full collection.
In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi intervened in a dispute between workers and mill owners of Ahmedabad. He advised to workers to go on strike and to demand a 35% increase in wages.
Satyagraha brought Gandhiji into close touch with the workers in the urban areas.
The Rowlatt act
When the Rawlatt act 1919, was passed hurriedly through the Imperial Legislative Council inspire of unanimous opposition of the Indian members, Gandhiji’s patience comes to an end.
Gandhi wanted non-violent civil disobedience against such unjust laws, which would start with a hartal on 6th April.
6th April 1919 was observed as Satyagraha Day when people all over the country observed fast and hartal.
1919, the country witnessed a remarkable political awakening in India.
Local leaders were picked up from Amritsar and Mahatma Gandhi was barred from entering Delhi.
On 10th April, the police in Amritsar fired
Explanation:
It had increased the defence expenditure of the government manifold. ... It gave the government enormous powers to repress any and all nationalist political activity. The Act gave the government the right to detain political prisoners for two years without a trial.